Where does “jeg” come from?
jeg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish jeg, from Old Swedish iak, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
jeg (Norwegian Bokmål): I
Ancestry of “jeg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | jeg | I; self; I, ego |
| 2 | Old Swedish | iak | I |
| 3 | Old Norse | ek | I |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | ᛖᚲ | I |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |